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Is Social Media Always Necessary?

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This weekend my wife and I took a quick fun trip up to Chicago. I actually hadn't had a chance to go since I moved to Atlanta last March so I was itching to get back. We had an awesome weekend, one you can read about over on her blog. Eventually, one of our nights took us to a place called "The … [Read more...]

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Hate Your Full-Time Job? Be Thankful

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I have the good fortune of having been able to get paid to do what I like to do (for the most part) for the majority of my career so far. I'm only 25, so it's just a small dent of the career to come. Right out of school, I jumped into the workforce head-on, didn't take a year off to travel or … [Read more...]

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Moving On To A New Challenge

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Last Friday marked my final day as an Engauge employee. Starting this week, I'll be working with The DeMoss Group as their new Director of Digital and Social Media. Moving on from Engauge was a very hard career move. After all, why leave a job you love? The work was good but my coworkers were … [Read more...]

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Using Pinterest to Teach Kids How to Use Social

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I dabble in and out of Twitter chats and happened to jump into a really interesting conversation around guys using Pinterest in a weekend #pinchat not too long ago (#Pinchat Facebook group found here). One insightful conversationalist, Steve Schildwachter (@SteveS1 on Twitter), talked about how he … [Read more...]

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To Be Big, You Have to Start Small

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In a world of Mark Zuckerberg's and "overnight" startups getting bought up for millions, it's hard to perceive that success sometimes takes time. For many people my age or just graduating from school, it's hard to remember that we have to start small. I remember when I graduated college (which … [Read more...]